* ►June 4, 2008 - Gene gun, patches 'to replace vaccine needles' - A University of Queensland professor says 'gene guns' and abrasive patches could soon replace needles as the preferred method of delivering vaccines. - www.abc.net.au - "Professor Kendall says he also developed a gene gun because using needles for diseases such as pandemic influenza vaccines is clumsy. 'It's a hand-held rocket nozzle. We fire very, very small DNA-coated microparticles into the skin at about 1,500 miles per hour.'"

* ►June 4, 2008 - Drug-resistant bug kills young and healthy in US - Reuters UK - "A germ that usually causes pimples or skin rashes caused fatal pneumonia in at least 24 otherwise young and healthy people during the 2006-2007 flu season and doctors need to watch for it, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Many of the cases were caused by a drug-resistant form called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA, said the team led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

* ►June 4, 2008 - Tyson eradicates chickens exposed to mild bird flu - Reuters India - "U.S. meat company Tyson Foods Inc...said on Tuesday it will eradicate a flock of about 15,000 chickens in northwest Arkansas that had been exposed to a mild strain of bird flu and will test other chicken flocks in the area for bird flu."

►June 4, 2008 - New hope in bird flu fight - The Standard, Hong Kong - "In a groundbreaking study, the 13-member team from Hong Kong University gave H5N1-infected mice a mixture of three drugs. The drugs suppressed the deadly virus, boosted survival rates and reduced the often fatal overreaction of the immune system. Now, the scientists say, the cocktail should be tested on humans."

* ►June 4, 2008 - Bavarian Nordic Enters Clinical Trials With Prostate Cancer Vaccine - press release - Bavarian Nordic A/S via ABN Newswire

►June 4, 2008 - Parents urged to use instincts - Milton Ulladulla Times

►June 4, 2008 - Suspected meningitis outbreak claims another child’s life - A second child has died in southern Siberia after a suspected outbreak of meningitis. Both youngsters were pupils at the same nursery in the town of Abakan. - RussiaToday

►June 4, 2008 - In UP, measles losing battle to myth, endemic deaths termed supernatural - Expressindia

* ►June 4, 2008 - It's not just boys who are autistic - When it was first discovered more than 60 years ago, Asperger's syndrome was thought to be a male-only condition. But now that more and more girls are being diagnosed with it, why do we hear so little about them, wonders Joanna Moorhead - The Guardian, UK

* ►June 3, 2008 - Celeb Couple to Lead 'Green Vaccine' Rally - Experts Say No Link Between Vaccinations and Autism - ABC News - "Watch 'Good Morning America' Wednesday, June 4, to see Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey's first interview about the Green Our Vaccines march."

* ►June 3, 2008 - Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey Say: Green Our Vaccines! by Kim Stagliano - Age of Autism

* ►June 3, 2008 - Autism One Radio Live From The Rally - Age of Autism

* ►June 3, 2008 - Parents call for safer childhood vaccinations (includes video) - WVEC.com - "Parents of children with autism will leave early Wednesday for a march on Washington called 'Green the vaccines.' While the medical community largely defends childhood vaccinations to prevent deadly diseases, a growing number of parents hold them responsible for their childrens’ autism."

* ►June 3, 2008 - Autism and vaccines - If it were any other health story, it would have ceased to be news by now. But the autism versus vaccines dispute is a special case for two reasons. - ArabianBusiness.com - "Firstly, it is fuelled by suspicious parents, and few things are as driven as parental desperation. Secondly, whenever the debate seems to be cooling, somebody helpfully throws more kindling on the flame. Step forward Dr Bernardine Healy, former head of the US National Institute of Health."

* ►June 3, 2008 - Hunger strike for autism ends for Scarborough man - Move made to put pressure on government - insideTORONTO.com

* ►June 3, 2008 - Brain holds autism clues - Newsday via The Standard, Hong Kong - "Collaborating with investigators at Duke University and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Keith Shafritz, an assistant professor of psychology at Hofstra University, unmasked brain regions in children with autism typified by reduced neural activity."

* ►June 3, 2008 - Autism Risk Higher For Preterm And Low Birthweight Girls - Pediatrics via Medical News Today

* ►June 3, 2008 - Corona mother spreads message of kindness - Press-Enterprise - "It's a conviction she shares with her daughter, Tami Duncan. When Duncan's son was diagnosed with autism linked to Lyme disease, she discovered that very little medical research existed on the link between multiple infections and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Much like her mother, Duncan decided that she could make a difference, too. She founded the nonprofit Lyme-Autism Connection Foundation, which helps provide parents with resources and support and puts on conferences for the medical profession to share research and treatment data on infections and autism."

►June 3, 2008 - Autism: Searching for a cause - letter (requires registration or subscription) - Chicago Tribune

►June 3, 2008 - Parents of autistic children find AMITY - Through AMITY, parents of Autistic or Asperger-challenged kids can find support from others going through the same experiences - The Frederick News-Post

►June 3, 2008 - Mother works for son, others with autism - BurlingtonFreePress.com

►June 3, 2008 - Talks on autism scheduled for June 11 (requires registration) - Sacramento Bee - "A pair of presentations on early autism diagnosis and what happens to children who grow up with autism are being offered June 11 at the UC Davis MIND Institute on neurodevelomental disorders."

►June 3, 2008 - Experimental audio/visual therapies help some schools teach students to focus - USA Today

►June 3, 2008 - Action for Autism: Playground program helps children make friends (Part 6) - http://ktar.com

►June 3, 2008 - Health Matters: Beware of Mercury Levels in Fish - Enjoy seafood — but watch how much and what kind you eat - BU Today

►June 3, 2008 - Lighting an Efficient Future, Minus the Mercury - WorldChanging

* ►June 3, 2008 - Yushchenko meets with Prosecutor General - UNIAN News Agency - "First, Prosecutor General reported to President on course of investigation of 17-year-old’s death in Donetsk region presumably caused by measles vaccine. Here Mr. Medvedko said that on May 29 criminal proceedings have been initiated against first deputy Minister for Health Mykola Prodanchuk, who had issued a permit on import of Indian measles vaccine without any evident threat of epidemic of the disease in Ukraine and without any prior research."

* ►June 3, 2008 - Get Tdap Vaccine to Assure School Enrollment - WNCT.com

►June 3, 2008 - Funding protects the public health - letter - Baltimore Sun

►June 3, 2008 - Vaccine trial in NJ targets brain tumors - The Star-Ledger via NJ.com

►June 3, 2008 - Strain of bird flu found poses no risk to human health - KOAM TV 7

►June 3, 2008 - Avian Influenza Research Funding Renewed - The Farmer

* ►June 3, 2008 - The Aethlon Hemopurifier® Proves Effective in Capturing the Reconstructed Spanish Flu of 1918 and H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus - press release - Aethlon Medical, Inc. via Business Wire

►June 3, 2008 - Measles Has Officials on High Alert (includes video) - KREX News Channel 5

►June 3, 2008 - VIEW: Economic benefits of disease control —Dean T Jamison & Bjørn Lomborg - Today’s tools for improving health are so powerful and inexpensive that health conditions could be reasonably good even in poor countries if policymakers spent even relatively little in the right places - Daily Times, Pakistan

►June 3, 2008 - National Journal Magazine Finds Fault With Data Behind CDC Teen STI Study - Daily Women's Health Policy Report via Medical News Today

►June 3, 2008 - Cepheid Market Reach Extended with Licenses in Canada and Registrations in Mexico - MRSA, GBS and EV Expand GeneXpert(R) Test Menu in Canada and Mexico - press release - Cepheid via PRNewswire-FirstCall

►June 3, 2008 - Abandoned Pinal pools raise fears of West Nile virus - East Valley Tribune

►June 3, 2008 - Five More Dead Birds Connected to West Nile Virus - XETV FOX6 San Diego 

►June 3, 2008 - Search for an HIV Vaccine Continues Despite Setbacks - press release - Mymetics via Business Wire

* ►June 3, 2008 - More People Get HIV Drugs, but Even More Get Infected - The U.N. releases a treatment report about developing countries. "For every two persons we manage to get to," says W.H.O. chief Margaret Chan, "another five persons get infected." - Voice of America

►June 3, 2008 - Keep fighting AIDS - St. George Daily Spectrum

* ►June 3, 2008 - New Mexico Salmonella Victims Now Number 33, Other States Affected - Newsinferno.com - "A Salmonella outbreak in several states —Salmonella St. Paul—has been linked to fresh tomatoes according to the New Mexico Department of Health."

►June 3, 2008 - CDC narrows focus in salmonella investigation - ThePacket.com

►June 3, 2008 - Clean Air: Why the EPA Needs to Create A New Standard For Ground Level Ozone - Green America - Gather.com

►June 3, 2008 - Lifestyle Interventions to Reduce Cancer Risk and Improve Outcomes - American Family Physician via RedOrbit

►June 3, 2008 - Ten Reasons to Use Global Sourcing - World Trade

►June 3, 2008 - Hospitalisation for self-harm soars - AAP via The Age

►June 3, 2008 - Act now in bluetongue fight - Western Mail via icWales

* ►June 2, 2008 - Louisiana May Mandate Fluoridation Despite Evidence of Harm - press release - Fluoride Action Network via PRNewswire-USNewswire via The Earth Times - "...a 2006 review of fluoride toxicology literature conducted by the prestigious National Research Council (NRC) reveals that ingested fluoride, even at low levels used for fluoridation, poses risks to infants, diabetics, kidney patients, high water drinkers and those with low thyroid function. Many cities are stopping fluoridation. 'Sadly, fluoridation proponents orchestrated and paid for a slick but inaccurate PR campaign. As a result legislators have only heard one side of the story,' says Paul Connett, PhD, Executive Director, Fluoride Action Network."

* ►June 2, 2008 - CSPI Urges FDA to Ban Artificial Food Dyes Linked to Behavior Problems - Dyes Called "Secret Shame" of Food Industry and Regulators - Center for Science in the Public Interest

* ►June 2, 2008 - Babies, Tots Low on Vitamin D - Study Supports Recommendations to Supplement Vitamin D for All Young Kids, Especially Breastfed Babies - WebMD - "Forty percent of those kids had suboptimal blood levels of vitamin D, including 12% who had vitamin D deficiency."

* ►June 2, 2008 - Man Says Cancer Vaccine Helped Save His Life - WBZtv.com

►June 2, 2008 - Eating Away At Illness - Different Diets Often Effective In Combating Disease - Los Angeles Times via Hartford Courant

►June 2, 2008 - Opinion | Appeals Court Decisions in Vioxx Lawsuits Indicate 'Sanity Still Exists' in Legal System, Editorial States - www.kaisernetwork.org

►June 2, 2008 - Self-assembled Viruses Efficiently Carry Genes And Drug Molecules Into Tumor Cells - Wiley-Blackwell via ScienceDaily

* ►June 2, 2008 - USDA releases sequences of 150 avian flu viruses - CIDRAP News

* ►June 2, 2008 - West Nile virus: Still no clear picture on duration of symptoms, immunity - CP via Oilweek

* ►June 2, 2008 - The fallout from 6 years of West Nile virus in Canada: shattered lives - CP via Oilweek

►June 2, 2008 - State confirms first 2008 case of West Nile virus - NewsOK.com

►June 2, 2008 - Prevention still key with the West Nile virus - The Times Herald

►June 2, 2008 - US breakthrough in prevention of PRRS Virus - Pig Progress

►June 2, 2008 - Nature knows better than Man - The Scotsman

* ►June 2, 2008 - Consumer Groups Angered by FDA and USDA Inaction on CO-treated Meat - Letters Urge HHS and USDA Secretaries to Stop Deception - press release -  Food and Water Watch, the Consumer Federation of America, Safe Tables Our Priority, Consumers Union, National Consumers League and the Government Accountability Project via Common Dreams

►June 2, 2008 - World's First Virus-Filtering Water Bottle - EcoGeek

►June 2, 2008 - LI woman sues over in-flight peanuts - Newsday

►June 2, 2008 - Creator of polio vaccine deserved better - The Daily Breeze

* ►June 1, 2008 - Vaccinations, therapies add to mysteries of autism - Beavery County Times & Allegheny Times - "For the first 19 months of his life, Brett Weigel was a normal, happy, healthy boy, his mother said. But suddenly, Tracy Weigel said, her son 'lost everything.' There was no talking, no waving. 'He would do absolutely nothing,' the Center Township woman said. 'He was suddenly withdrawing into his own world.' Brett was diagnosed in 2005 with regressive autism. Nearly three years later, after a change in diet, a therapy to remove toxins from his body and ongoing behavioral therapy, Brett will celebrate his fifth birthday later this month. Tracy and Brian Weigel have their son back."

►June 1, 2008 - A world of silence - For the first time this year, the United Nations celebrated World Autism Awareness Day. Charlot Zahra delves deeper into the world of autism, the fastest-growing serious developmental disability world-wide - MaltaToday

►June 2008 - ECGs for all ADHD patients? • AAP-AHA release joint ‘clarification’ on AHA recommendation (requires subscription) - AAP News

►June 2008 - Sizable victory • Thanks to pediatric medical device legislation passed last fall, children finally will have access to products designed just for them. What took so long? (requires subscription) - AAP News

►June 2008 - Rx for success • Tips on recommending assistive technology for children with impaired communication (requires subscription) - AAP News

►June 2008 - Update on status of licensure, recommendations for new vaccines (requires subscription) - AAP News

►June 2008 - ADHD treatment not tied to later substance abuse (requires subscription) - AAP News

►June 2008 - Dot your i’s and cross your t’s • Tips on avoiding indefensible medical records (requires subscription) - AAP News

►June 2008 - Immunizations are high priority for AAP chapters (requires subscription) - AAP News

►June 2008 - Free download: CDC Pink Book (requires subscription) - AAP News

►June 2008 - Vaccine storage tool kit online (requires subscription) - AAP News

►June 2008 - Keep kids safe from sun’s harmful rays (requires subscription) - AAP News

* ►May 30, 2008 - Guiding Principles for Development of ACIP Recommendations for Vaccination During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding - MMWR/CDC

►May 30, 2008 - Notice to Readers: Release of Computer-Based Case Study: "Salmonella in the Caribbean" - MMWR/CDC

►May 30, 2008 - Detection of West Nile Virus in Blood Donations --- Puerto Rico, 2007 - MMWR/CDC

►May 30, 2008 - Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis --- Arizona, Florida, and Texas, 2007 - MMWR/CDC

►May 30, 2008 - QuickStats: Percentage of Persons with Activity Limitation Caused by a Chronic Condition,* by Poverty Level Status and Race/Ethnicity --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2006† - MMWR/CDC

►May 30, 2008 - High throughput virus production and titration - Titreplus has been designed to allow the rapid production and titration of single and multiple recombinant viruses in a single kit format - Laboratory Talk

►May 30, 2008 - Lee’s Summit lab develops new virus test - Kansas City Star - "ViraCor said its new molecular test quickly detects the more than 70 known strains of enterovirus."

►May 30, 2008 - Piecing a Virus Together - Physical Review Focus

►May 29, 2008 - Rapid escalation characterizes arms race between virus and host - The interaction between a virus and its host is often portrayed as an arms race, with each new viral attack parried by the host and each new defense by the host one-upped by the virus. University of California, Berkeley, researchers have for the first time documented this arms race within the genes of both the virus and its host. - press release - Media-Newswire.com

►May 27, 2008 - Jab scare as pupils find old needle - Liverpool Echo

* ►May 18, 2008 - Warning: Using a mobile phone while pregnant can seriously damage your baby - Study of 13,000 children exposes link between use of handsets and later behavioural problems - The Independent, UK

►May 2002 - Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of cat's claw (Uncaria tomentosa and Uncaria guianensis) are independent of their alkaloid content. - journal article (Phytomedicine)

►December 10, 2001 - Dietary antioxidants protect gut epithelial cells from oxidant-induced apoptosis - journal article (BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

►July 2000 - Cat’s claw inhibits TNF production and scavenges free radicals: role in cytoprotection - journal article (Free Radical Biology and Medicine)

►December 1998 - Antiinflammatory actions of cat's claw: the role of NF-kappaB. - journal article (Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics)

►August 2008 - Mercury levels in Danish Medieval human bones - journal article (Journal of Archaeological Science)

►August 2008 - Association of SLC11A1 promoter polymorphisms with the incidence of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases: A meta-analysis - journal article (Journal of Autoimmunity)

* ►June 9, 2008 - "Vaccine against libel" could have some side effects - www.ama-assn.org

* ►June 9, 2008 - More oversight needed on direct-to-consumer ads - The AMA testified that DTC ads should be subject to government preapproval and, in the case of new products, temporary advertising moratoriums. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - Organized medicine calls on court to block Nevada health plan merger - Doctors say the government's approval of the transaction ignored several risks to competition that would harm patient care. United says it's a done deal. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - Formula for rationing care: Task forces plan for disaster - The threat of pandemic influenza and other mass-casualty disasters poses a vexing ethical dilemma for doctors. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - California doctors sue to block Medicaid cuts - Physicians say the reductions violate laws requiring reimbursement to be sufficient to maintain a big enough pool of doctors to treat program patients. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - Law prohibits employer and insurer genetic discrimination - By easing patients' fears, the measure is expected to result in increased demand for genetic testing. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - Help at hand for poor patients' Medicare prescription drug costs - Doctors can refer low-income beneficiaries to State Health Insurance Assistance Programs if they need help applying. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - Gearing up for a graying generation: Training more doctors in geriatrics skills - Medical educators are offering programs for students, residents and practicing physicians to ensure that older adults get the care they need. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - AMA encourages future physicians - Doctors Back to School targets minority pupils. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - Blues HMO ordered to pay hospital pathologists - The Florida decision sets a precedent and could have a nationwide impact. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - Twilight of the beeper: Today's technology offers other ways of keeping connected - Beepers have fallen out of favor as cell phones and wireless devices have become ubiquitous. But one core group remains committed to the beeper, the same group for which the device was first intended -- physicians. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - Google enters personal health record market - Advocates are hopeful this product will increase PHR adoption. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - Connecticut puts restrictions on silent PPOs - Lawmakers place rules on physician network rentals to make them more transparent to physicians in the networks. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - Lyme treatment accord ends antitrust probe - Contentious issues remain over long-term versus short-term antibiotic use and whether this condition can be chronic. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - As fit as a 5th grader? Adults can take challenge - Physicians expect the President's Challenge fitness test to be a useful instrument in efforts to change Americans' sedentary behavior. - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - Letters to the Editor - Tobacco use places a quarter of adult population within addictive disorder - Abolish for-profit health plans - Insurance industry taking resources out of our health care system - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - News in brief: Health & Science - CDC recommends shingles vaccine for everyone older than 60 - Men hospitalized for pneumonia more likely to die than are women - Summer, waterborne illness are here - Smokers increase chances of quitting when they try to with friends, family - Safety of dementia drugs weighed - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - News in brief: Government & Medicine - Medicaid funding cut rule blocked - Offset health IT costs with higher payments, ACP says - www.ama-assn.org

►June 9, 2008 - News in brief: Professional Issues - Massachusetts considering ban on drug industry gifts - www.ama-assn.org

►June 3, 2008 - Two cases of polio detected - Pakistan Dawn

►June 3, 2008 - GPs in flu battle - Illawara Mercury, Australia

* ►June 3, 2008 - Vaccination vacillation - Should vaccination be compulsory for pupils? - EducationGuardian.co.uk

* ►June 3, 2008 - Irregularities found in samples of lethal drug - China Daily - "Irregularities have been found in some samples of the drug linked to six deaths in eastern China, the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) said Monday in a statement on its website. Between May 22 and May 28, six people died at the No 2 Hospital affiliated with Nanchang University in Jiangxi province, after being injected with immune globulin, which is derived from blood plasma, the Xinhua News Agency reported Monday."

* ►June 2, 2008 - David Kirby: Calling London by David Kirby - Age of Autism - "I am honored and more than a little excited to be heading over to London next week, where I will speak at the hallowed House of Lords, deliver a free public lecture at Regent Hall, and attend a reading, book signing and Q&A in Kensington."

* ►June 2, 2008 - Local couple to join Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carey in Washington to march for safer vaccines - Jackson Sun - "A local couple, Angela and Rolf Hazlehurst, will be marching on June 4 in Washington, D.C. for safe vaccines along with actors Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carey. Angela Hazlehurst is the president of the National Autism Association of West Tennessee. The couple has an autistic son, Yates."

* ►June 2, 2008 - Meet and Greet For Fellow Rally-Goers June 3rd - Generation Rescue would like to invite rally-goers to a no-host* meet-and-greet the night of June 3rd starting at 7:00pm at the lovely Sequoia Restaurant and Bar. - Age of Autism

* ►June 2, 2008 - Deirdre Imus: A Timely Truth Untold... Again - The Huffington Post - "This week Time magazine's cover story "The Truth About Vaccines" carries an ominous suggestion... 'worried about autism, many parents are opting out of immunizations. How they're putting the rest of us at risk.' (June 2, 2008). Finally, a major periodical puts a spotlight on the most emotionally charged and inaccurately reported medical controversy in modern history. And what does Time do? Blame parents for a crisis in confidence created by public health officials. If you were hoping to learn the 'truth' about vaccinations, you are not going to find it in this issue of Time."

* ►June 2, 2008 - Autism Linked to Low Birth Weight - Study Shows Increased Risk of Autism in Low Birth Weight or Preterm Babies - CBS News

* ►June 2, 2008 - Vaccine debate: Are we hurting our kids? - Pocono Record - "The trigger could be via vaccinations. While each vaccine is tested to be safe on its own merits, I doubt that there were adequate studies of the effects of the increasing battery of inoculations pushed earlier and earlier into the development of children," said Bob Dellicker, president of the Pocono Autism Society."

* ►June 2, 2008 - AIDS Vaccine Linked to Failed Merck Product Nears Human Testing - Bloomberg - "For safety reasons, trials on the U.S. vaccine, called VRC after the government's Bethesda, Maryland-based Vaccine Research Center where it was developed, will include only circumcised men with no immunity to the adenovirus, said Scott Hammer, a Columbia University infectious disease specialist who heads a group designing the trial."

* ►June 2, 2008 - Europe Probes Sanofi-Aventis For Obstruction - Pharmalot

* ►June 2, 2008 - Call for cervical screening plan - Gulf Times - "The doctor said that in the UK girls aged 11 to 12 years or in the first year of secondary school are recommended vaccination to prevent them from catching the virus, though he stressed that the immunisation has been trailed by some controversies based on ethical grounds and the regimes of the vaccines."

* ►June 2, 2008 - No Freebies For Minnesota Docs At ASCO - Pharmalot

* ►June 2, 2008 - Conference seeks clues on autism increase - McClatchy Tribune via The Arizona Daily Star - "Fearing that a hospital birth might increase her son's chances of developing autism, Nicole Mytels decided to have her baby at home. For the same reason, she skipped vaccinations commonly given to newborns. Despite those preventive measures, her son, Wyatt Mytels, now 4 1/2, was diagnosed with autism."

►June 2, 2008 - M.I.N.D Institute lecture on early Detection of Autism - UC Davis Health System via Rocklin & Roseville Today - "University of Connecticut Distinguished Professor Deborah Fein will discuss the latest research on the early detection of autism, including ethical and clinical issues, accuracy of screening methods and reliability of early diagnosis, during the June UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute Distinguished Lecturer Series. Fein's lecture, 'Early Detection of Autism Spectrum Disorders: State of the Science,' will be presented on June 11 at 6 p.m. at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, 2825 50th St., Sacramento. The talk will be preceded at 4 p.m. by an academic discussion entitled 'Can Children with Autism Recover?' Both lectures are free and open to the public. No reservations are required."

►June 2, 2008 - Families, teachers work to raise autism awareness - The Community Press

►June 2, 2008 - National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program Launched-a Unique Collaboration - press release - Marketwire

* ►June 2, 2008 - Lawmakers considering meningitis vaccinations - Houma Courier - "BATON ROUGE...Rep. Jerry 'Truck' Gisclair, D-Larose, has long been an advocate for vaccinations, running public service announcements on his Coastal Broadcasting Network. Now Gisclair is pushing House Bill 178, which would make vaccinations for 11-year-olds a requirement for entering the state’s public-schools. The bill would also require vaccinations for home- and private-school students."

* ►June 2, 2008 - Avant soars on brain cancer vaccine - Phase 2 studies show the experimental vaccine from Avant and Pfizer doubled survival period and delayed progress in some brain cancers patients. - AP via CNNMoney

* ►June 2, 2008 - Vaccine May Double Survival In Patients With Deadly Brain Tumors - Duke University Medical Center via ScienceDaily

►June 2, 2008 - Salmonella vaccine lift-off (requires registration) - Scientist News Blog

* ►June 2, 2008 - Cancellation of vaccine-manufacturing public enterprises' licenses: AIDAN calls for a rethink - IndiaPRWire

* ►June 2, 2008 - Over 300,000 Yemeni women to receive tetanus vaccine - Yemen News Agency Saba Net - "A vaccination campaign to eliminate tetanus will be launched next Saturday in Hodeidah province, targeting more than 300,000 women aged 15-45 years at 20 districts of the province."

* ►June 2, 2008 - Chickenpox outbreak leaves Pine Grove Elementary itchy with worry - Amador Ledger-Dispatch - "Public health nurse Lori Jagoda, who coordinated with Reed, said the disease has grown resistant over the years to the vaccine, just as measles-mumps-rubella has, for which the CDC also recommends multiple vaccinations. 'We're finding these breakthrough cases (of chickenpox), so we're recommending second vaccinations,' Jagoda said. Asked if she foresees a day when three or more vaccinations will be required, she added, 'I don't think so, but I really couldn't say.'"

►June 2, 2008 - Chicken pox outbreak at Moses Lake - Seattle Times

►June 2, 2008 - Uganda Intensifies Fight To Prevent Avian Flu. - Voice of America

►June 2, 2008 - USDA puts $5M toward bird flu study - United Press International

►June 2, 2008 - HEALTH: Grant County measles outbreak likely over - Tri-City Herald

►June 2, 2008 - Lapse on part of provinces behind increase in polio cases: Sherry Rehman - Associated Press of Pakistan

►June 2, 2008 - Governor, Medical Board Spar Over Hepatitis Probe - KXNT.com

►June 2, 2008 - Health Officials Worry About New Clostridium Difficile Strain - A New, Virulent Strain of the Super-Bug - Associated Content

►June 2, 2008 - MENINGITIS TRUST calls for vigilance - eGov monitor

►June 2, 2008 - Anthrax kills two in Orissa, over 20 ill - IANS via Thaindian News

* ►June 2, 2008 - 6 die after antibody vaccines in China - AP via Business Week - "Immune globulin is an antibody extracted from blood plasma that can be injected into muscles to protect against hepatitis A, and Rhesus disease in pregnant women. It is rarely used to protect against hepatitis A in developed countries where a childhood vaccination is normally given."

►June 2, 2008 - Northeast's Children Have More Cancer Diagnoses - Bloomberg

►June 2, 2008 - Youth & Health | CDC Analysis of Pediatric Cancer Data Finds Regional, Racial Disparities in U.S. Incidence Rates - www.kaisernetwork.org

►June 2, 2008 - Investigations into alleged Lilly hate crime conclude - WTHR.com

* ►June 2, 2008 - FDA must clarify drug-supplement borderline, says AHPA - The launch of a plant sterol-aspirin combination product being marketed as both a dietary supplement and a drug, highlights a legal grey area that requires refinement, according to the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA). - NutraIngredients-usa.com

* ►June 2, 2008 - Advisory Committee Ignores Warning of GM Hazards - Prof. Joe Cummins rebuts decision on allowing the release GM potatoes - Institute of Science in Society

►June 2, 2008 - One small nut so many fears - Living with a peanut allergy - Calgary Herald via Canada.com

►June 2, 2008 - CDC's Childhood Obesity Report is Misleading, Say Obesity Documentary Filmmakers - A member of the CDC comments as "Killer at Large" obesity documentary filmmakers explain the math behind the numbers about how many kids in America are getting fat. - press release - Shinebox Media Productions via PRWeb

►June 2, 2008 - American Academy of Pediatrics Launches 2008 National Art Contest for Children - press release - American Academy of Pediatrics via PRNewswire-USNewswire via The Earth Times
 
►June 2, 2008 - Microbes clean up mercury - Researchers think a microbe could clean up mercury-laced Native American artifacts. - Science News

►June 2, 2008 - Kids Gulping Down More Sugary Beverages - HealthDay via Forbes

►June 2, 2008 - Career Profile - Biotechnologist - Sowertan, ZA - "Busisiwe is conducting surveillance work on Polio Eradication for the World Health Organisation in Africa. As a result of this research, people who are at risk of contracting Polio receive vaccinations."

►June 2, 2008 - Drugs to Grow Your Brain - Compounds that trigger the growth of new brain cells might help treat depression. - Technology Review

►June 2, 2008 - Study: Kids' cancer rates highest in Northeast - AP via Yahoo!

►June 2, 2008 - Michigan Neighborhood Contaminated with Dioxin, Dow Blamed - Beyond Pesticides

►June 2, 2008 - Reshaping Pharmaceutical Quality - Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation publishes groundbreaking scientific papers - Springer Science+business Media

►June 2, 2008 - Child poverty crusade - The Toronto Star - "Poverty among children in Canada is not only a disgrace but also has consequences for all society. It leads to a higher risk of health problems, developmental delays and behaviour disorders."

►June 2, 2008 - Destroying Documents: Fen-Phen Lawyers On Trial - Pharmalot

►June 2, 2008 - Genetic Research: Opportunities & Conundrums - Pharmalot

►June 2, 2008 - EU contributes EUR 40 million to fight against infectious diseases - European Commission via Cordis

►June 2, 2008 - Protein Plays Key Role In Transmitting Deadly Malaria Parasite To Humans - The protein MAEBL is critical for completing the life cycle of malaria parasites in mosquitoes, allowing the insects to transmit the potentially deadly infection to humans, a University of South Florida study has shown. The research may ultimately help provide a way to better control malaria by blocking development of the malaria parasite in the mosquito. - University of South Florida Health via ScienceDaily

►June 2, 2008 - Kinship care more beneficial than foster care - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia via EurekAlert!

►June 2, 2008 - Study findings show infection control intervention helps keep kids in school - Disinfecting and using hand sanitizers helped reduce absenteeism rates in elementary schools - Children's Hospital Boston via EurekAlert!

►June 2, 2008 - A New Approach to Treating Autoimmune Disease - Weizmann Institute of Science

►June 2, 2008 - Discovery of new family of genetic mutations involved in inflammatory intestinal disease - European Society of Human Genetics via EurekAlert!

►June 2, 2008 - C2N Diagnostics Launches Alzheimer's Research Tool - Research and Biomarker Platform Creates Potential to Accelerate Drug Development and Enable Earlier Detection of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Debilitating Neurodegenerative Disorders - C2N Diagnostics via Business Wire via MarketWatch

►June 2, 2008 - SSA revises criteria for evaluating immune system disorders - CCH® Unemployment Insurance

►June 2, 2008 - Spinning spells: Determining the symptoms of dizziness - A dizzy attack ►May be accompanied by other symptoms such as blurred vision, disorientation, nausea, fatigue and weakness. - The Star, Malaysia

►June 2, 2008 - Getting Better With A Little Help From Our 'Micro' Friends - A naturally occurring molecule made by symbiotic gut bacteria may offer a new type of treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, according to scientists at the California Institute of Technology. - California Institute of Technology via ScienceDaily

►June 2, 2008 - Dr. Tom Gross: A lesson learned, a life saved - Marin Independent Journal

►June 2, 2008 - IBM Unveils New Data Sharing Technology to Tackle Infectious Diseases - IT News Online

►June 2, 2008 - Silver may not be the golden cure - Deseret News

* ►June 1, 2008 - Guilty until proven innocent: Parents accused of child abuse by DCFS fight to clear their names - Belleville News-Democrat - "The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services wrongly placed more than 3,000 people on the state's official list of child abusers over a five-year period, a News-Democrat investigation found. That's an error rate of one in four, based on more than 11,000 cases where people appealed to have their names removed from the list. Parents and foster parents accused of child abuse or neglect can lose their reputations, their jobs, even their children."

* ►June 1, 2008 - Looking Out At the World: The Reason for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Is Completely Avoidable - American Chronicle - "For more information about multiple chemical sensitivity, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, electrosensitivity, autism, vaccinations, and other environmentally induced diseases, visit MCS America at: www.mcs-america.org"

* ►June 1, 2008 - A new pitch for an old pill - Lilly's latest drug ad renews a health and marketing controversy for Evista, a 10-year-old drug now approved for breast cancer- The Indianapolis Star

* ►June 1, 2008 - Ontario pharmacists may soon be able to prescribe drugs - Canadian Press via C-Health Canoe - "Ontario's interest comes after Alberta expanded the role of its pharmacists last year, allowing them to prescribe some drugs, give drug refills and inject vaccinations."

►June 1, 2008 - Advances in C. difficile research - Society for General Microbiology via EurekAlert!

►June 1, 2008 - Celebrex shows promise in lung cancer prevention - Reuters

►June 1, 2008 - Herbal Medicine Explained (Part II) - Best Syndication

* ►June 1, 2008 - Vaccines: It's Your Child, Your Choice Compiled By Generation Rescue, June 2008 - Age of Autism

* ►June 1, 2008 - Age of Autism Welcomes David Kirby - Age of Autism

►June 1, 2008 - Avoiding sunlight entirely could be hazardous to your health - Cox News Service via Kansas City Star

►June 1, 2008 - CPI(M) Demands Protection Of Public Sector Vaccine Units - Health Minister Responds Positively - In reply to a letter of CPI(M) MP and Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat regarding stoppage of production in three public sector vaccine units Dr Anbumani Ramdoss, minister for health said that ministry of health & family welfare has initiated steps to establish a state of the art vaccine manufacturing facility in public sector and during this transitory phase, requirement of vaccine for our immunisation programme would be met through our domestic supplier following due procurement process. - People's Democracy, India

* ►June 2008 - Influenza vaccination in secondary prevention from coronary ischaemic events in coronary artery disease: FLUCAD study - journal article (European Heart Journal)

* ►June 2008 - Generating functional CD8+ T cell memory response under transient CD4+ T cell deficiency: Implications for vaccination of immunocompromised individuals - journal article (European Journal of Immunology)

* ►June 2008 - Tick Wars - Baltimore Magazine - "A lot of times, these poor patients basically get told they're crazy, which is tragic," adds Aucott. "They usually get told they are depressed and that's just a way for the physician to get them out of their office."

* ►June 2008 - Idiotype vaccination in patients with myeloma reduced circulating myeloma cells (CMC) - journal article (Annals of Oncology)

►June 2008 - Blood CD8+ T cell responses against myelin determinants in multiple sclerosis and healthy individuals - journal article (European Journal of Immunology)

►June 2008 - Acute rheumatic fever: an important differential diagnosis of septic arthritis - journal article (Journal of Tropical Pediatrics)

►June 2008 - Pediatric Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures in the Emergency Department: Recognition and Interventions - journal article (Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine)

►June 2008 - Endoscopic evaluation of patients with inflammatory bowel disease - journal article (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases)

►June 2008 - Effect of early immunomodulator use in moderate to severe pediatric Crohn disease - journal article (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases)

►June 2008 - Seasonal variation of enteric infections and inflammatory bowel disease - journal article (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases)

►June 2008 - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Basic Science Studies Activated memory B cell subsets correlate with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus: Delineation by expression of CD27, IgD, and CD95 - journal article (Arthritis & Rheumatism)

►June 2008 - Serous Otitis Media in Children: Implication of Alloiococcus otitidis. - journal article (Otology & Neurotology)

►June 2008 - Immunomodulatory mast cells: negative, as well as positive, regulators of immunity - journal article (Nature Reviews Immunology)

* ►May 31, 2008 - Bacteria in half of SIDS cases - British researchers say they may have found a contributing factor to the baffling phenomenon known as sudden infant death syndrome, one of the leading causes of death for children under the age of one. - The Australian

►May 31, 2008 - FDA panel favors Glaxo, Ligand blood drug - AP

►May 31, 2008 - Immune block tackles Alzheimer's - The body's immune system could be harnessed to fight back against Alzheimer's disease, research suggests. - BBC

►May 30, 2008 - Arm of international once-daily treatment study halted - Aidsmap

►May 30, 2008 - US soldiers in high-tuberculosis areas face new epidemic: false positives - American Thoracic Society via EurekAlert!

►May 30, 2008 - Abbott Announces Voluntary Worldwide Recall of Two Lots of Calcilo XD Low-Calcium/Vitamin D-Free Infant Formula with Iron Powder in 14.1-Ounce (400g) Cans - FDA

►May 30, 2008 - Biotech's pharma-Wall Street funding cycle falters - San Francisco Business Times

►May 30, 2008 - Occupational allergy due to seafood delivery: Case report (pdf) - journal article (Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology)

►May 30, 2008 - UNC health researchers explore how to take interactive video games to the next level - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill via EurekAlert!

►May 30, 2008 - Two men walk in Nevada for autism awareness (includes video) - Channel 4 KRVN.com

* ►May 30, 2008 - Prevention of Pertussis, Tetanus, and Diphtheria Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Their Infants - Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - MMWR/CDC

* ►May 29, 2008 - Bird Flu: More lethal than 10 Hydrogen bombs: Thusoo - 68 vets and para vets trained in control, containment ops - Greater Kashmir

* ►May 29, 2008 - Combination vaccine safe for preemies - Reuters Health via Medline Plus

►May 29, 2008 - Notice: Medical Devices; Availability of Safety and Effectiveness Summaries for Premarket Approval Applications - Food and Drug Administration, HHS via www.pharmcast.com

* ►May 29, 2008 - Organochlorine Pesticide Linked to Behavioral Deficit in Infants - Beyond Pesticides

►May 29, 2008 - How defects in 1 gene cause 3 distinct and devastating human diseases - Cell Press via EurekAlert!

►May 29, 2008 - Fireflies' glow helps UT Southwestern researchers track cancer drug's effectiveness - UT Southwestern Medical Center via EurekAlert!

►May 29, 2008 - Researchers to examine video games and health - AP via Yahoo!

►May 29, 2008 - Sunscreen Causes Cancer! - NaturalNews.com

►May 28, 2008 - Health Insurance Company Paid its Workers Bonuses to Cancel Patient Policies - NaturalNews.com

* ►May 28, 2008 - Regulators discover contaminated children's vaccines - The Douglass Report

* ►May 28, 2008 - Judge reopens 16-year-old case into death of man's son (requires registration or subscription) - The Globe and Mail - "The now-discredited Dr. Smith was to testify for the Crown that Gaurov was a victim of shaken baby syndrome - a popular diagnosis at the time - which is now in serious question in the forensic pathology community. Referring to the controversy, Judge Rosenberg said yesterday: 'New evidence has now come to light casting serious doubt on the validity of the findings of Dr. Smith.'"

►May 28, 2008 - Necrotizing otitis externa: a painless reminder - journal article (European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology)

►May 28, 2008 - Where man boldly goes, bacteria follow - Society for General Microbiology via EurekAlert!

►May 28, 2008 - Single virus often responsible for HIV infection, suggesting high barrier to infection - Aidsmap

►May 28, 2008 - Development and preliminary evaluation of the Participation in Life Activities Scale for children and adolescents with asthma: an instrument development study (pdf) - journal article (Health and Quality of Life Outcomes)

►May 28, 2008 - Selective loss of P2Y2 nucleotide receptor immunoreactivity is associated with Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology - journal article (Journal of Neural Transmission)

►May 28, 2008 - Intestinal bacteria promote -- and prevent -- inflammatory bowel disease - Harvard Medical School via EurekAlert!

* ►May 28, 2008 - Dr. Jay, Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey March in DC - Vaccinating Your Baby Blog - "Dr. Jay Gordon will walk alongside Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey to the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. on June 4 to urge Congress to 'Green Our Vaccines.'  The event, which is estimated to draw more than 10,000 participants, is sponsored by Talk About Curing Autism (TACA)."

►May 28, 2008 - "Toxic Trespass" examines pollution danger to children - press release - Toxic Trespass via CNW Telbec

►May 28, 2008 - Report Details Child Abuse - Group Cites Aid Workers, U.N. Troops (requires registration) - Washington Post

►May 27, 2008 - Tick vaccine "disappears" from Hungarian pharmacies - Caboodle.hu

►May 27, 2008 - Special education controversy - Consent would not be required for cessation of services and determining services for transfers. - Daily Press

►May 27, 2008 - Report provides new details about autistic teen's death - Albany Times Union - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX via Trading Markets

* ►May 27, 2008 - Unprovoked Seizures in First Year of Life May Signal Autism Spectrum Disorder (requires registration) - 7th Annual International Meeting for Autism Research via Medscape Pediatrics

* ►May 27, 2008 - Bharat Biotech Announces Successful Completion Of Its Phase I/II Clinical Trial For 116E Rotavirus Vaccine - Bharat Biotech International via Medical News Today

* ►May 27, 2008 - Flu pandemic medical help left in the waiting room - Research Australia via EurekAlert!

►May 27, 2008 - Antioxidant supplements may lessen benefit of radiation and chemotherapy - Journal of the National Cancer Institute via EurekAlert!

►May 27, 2008 - Advil or Excedrin? New Model Helps Predict Product Choices - Chicago Journals

►May 27, 2008 - New treatments for viral and other diseases by blocking genes - European Science Foundation via EurekAlert!

►May 26, 2008 - Disabled victims face legal pitfalls - What happens when someone isn't able to testify? - Daily Herald

►May 23, 2008 - Michigan Department of Community Health recognizes HIV Vaccine Awareness Day - La Prensa

►May 23, 2008 - Ontario Appeal Court tosses ailing autism lawsuit thin lifeline - CP via CBC

►May 23, 2008 - St. Lucie teacher has students vote on whether 5-year-old can stay in class - TCPalm

* ►May 23, 2008 - FDA warns of harmful nipple cream - AP via CNN - "The potentially harmful ingredients in the cream are chlorphenesin and phenoxyethanol."

* ►May 23, 2008 - Plan Sought to Dispose of Mercury-Laced Light Bulbs - Newsinferno.com

* ►May 22, 2008 - Vaccines Don't Cause Autism. So What Does? One Organization has Proven Answers - BodyEcology.com

* ►May 22, 2008 - Measles-Mumps-Rubella-Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine Effective Alone or in Combination (requires registration) - Reuters Health via Medscape - "GlaxoSmithKline's MMR-varicella vaccine (Priorix-TetraTM) is safe and produces adequate protection when given either alone or in combination with other childhood vaccines, according to researchers who presented their data here at the 26th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases."

►May 22, 2008 - Governor Rendell Says PA Receives First-In-Nation Federal Waiver to Serve Adults With Autism - Pennsylvania Office of the Governor via PRNewswire-USNewswire via Yahoo!

►May 22, 2008 - Macau health leaders attend Geneva WHO Assembly - Macau Daily Times

►May 21, 2008 - Localizing central nervous system immune surveillance: Meningeal antigen-presenting cells activate T cells during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis - journal article (Annals of Neurology)

* ►May 21, 2008 - Bush signs genetics anti-discrimination law - Reuters via Yahoo! - "The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, passed by overwhelming majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate, bans health insurers and employers from discriminating on the basis of genetic information."

►May 20, 2008 - Daily News: Autism Research Centers Designated - Nurse.com

►May 20, 2008 - US Coast Guard allows officer to refuse vaccination on moral grounds - Catholic World News

►May 20, 2008 - AstraZeneca Gains on Hope for Seroquel Patent Win (requires registration for full article) - Reuters Health via Therapeutics Daily

►May 19, 2008 - US Government Blocks Access To Vaccines-Autism Data - Pharmalot via The One Click Group

►May 19, 2008 - Recent Releases | Report Reviews Developments in HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research - www.kaisernetwork.org

►May 19, 2008 - Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. Grants License for Certain Patents and Patent Applications to Wyeth and Elan Pharma International Ltd. (requires registration for full article) - Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. via PRNewswire via Therapeutics Daily

* ►May 19, 2008 - Jersey Mothers Gather Forces Against Mandatory Vaccinations - Cape May County Herald - "Gargiole was one of approximately 25 mothers, some from as far as Harleysville, Pa., who gathered at the Bella Vida Café here May 13 to learn more about two bills, Assembly Bill 260 and Senate Bill 1071 (A260/S1071), pending before the New Jersey Legislature which provide parents with a way to opt out of mandatory vaccinations by creating a conscientious exemption."

* ►May 13, 2008 - Title: Papilloma virus capsomere vaccine formulations and methods of use - Loyola University of Chicago (Chicago, IL) via www.pharmcast.com

* ►May 13, 2008 - Title: CD4-independent HIV envelope proteins as vaccines and therapeutics - The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) via www.pharmcast.com

* ►May 13, 2008 - Title: Neutralizing GDF8 epitope-based growth enhancing vaccine - Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation (Summit, NJ) via www.pharmcast.com

►May 13, 2008 - Title: Interleukin-2 mutants with reduced toxicity - University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) via www.pharmcast.com

►May 12, 2008 - The Impact of Obesity on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Subclinical Vascular Disease - The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis - journal article (Archives of Internal Medicine)

►May 12, 2008 - U.S. obesity rates alarmingly high - Reuters

►May 6, 2008 - Charges Dropped Against Doctor Over Autistic Boy's Death - Charges Dropped Against Pa. Doctor Accused of Giving Wrong Drug to Autistic Boy Who Died - AP via ABC News

* ►May 2008 - Communication Skills – Talking to Parents (full text) - journal article (Indian Pediatrics) - "There has been only one study regarding the incidence of VAPP in India by Kohler, et al.(9). Of 181 VAPP cases, 60 were recipient VAPP cases and 121 were contact VAPP cases. As individuals upto age of 15 years are included in surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), those above 15 years of age who might have developed contact VAPP remain unknown. Another point which needs mention is that the mutant vaccine derived polio viruses (VDPV) may circulate in the community, are called cVDPV and can cause outbreaks of polio caused by man-made mutant polioviruses derived from OPV. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) currently categorizes VDPVs as: (i) circulating VDPVs (cVDPVs) which emerge in areas with inadequate OPV coverage, (ii) primary immunodeficiency associated VDPVs (iVDPVs), and (iii) ambiguous VDPVs (aVDPVs), for which the clinical, epidemiological and virological data are insufficient for definitive assignment. Even the last two variants could pose risks for the community, nature and extent of which are not fully understood at present. Thus, contrary to the erroneous perception that secondary spread of vaccine polio viruses provides some benefit to the community, this may harm the community."

* ►May 2008 - Polio Eradication and Environment (full text) - journal article (Indian Pediatrics) - "Improved sanitation explains the virtual eradication of Polio from the USA in the early 1960s, when only about two-thirds of the population was immunized with the Salk vaccine, and the subsequent absence of circulating wild–type polio viruses in the United States and Europe. Poor sanitation and crowding have permitted the continued transmission of poliovirus in certain poor countries in Africa and Asia, despite massive global efforts to eradicate polio, in some areas with an average of 12-13 doses of polio vaccine administered to children in the first 5 years of age"(1)."

* ►May 2008 - Non-Polio AFP Rate and Polio Eradication (full text) - journal article (Indian Pediatrics)

►May 2008 - Polio Eradication in India: A Tale of Science, Ethics, Dogmas and Strategy! (full text) - journal article (Indian Pediatrics)

►May 2008 - IAP Recommendations on Polio Eradication and Improvement of Routine Immunization (full text) - journal article (Indian Pediatrics)

►May 2008 - Recommendations of 2nd National Consultative Meeting of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) on Polio Eradication and Improvement of Routine Immunization (full text) - journal article (Indian Pediatrics)

►May 2008 - Social Determinants and Polio ‘Endgame’: A Qualitative Study in High Risk Districts of India (full text) - journal article (Indian Pediatrics)

►May 2008 - IPV Revisited. . . Yet Again ! (full text) - journal article (Indian Pediatrics)

►May 2008 - Pneumococcal Vaccine in India (full text) - journal article (Indian Pediatrics)

►May 2008 - Budget India 2008: What is New for Health Sector? (full text) - journal article (Indian Pediatrics)

►May 2008 - The prevalence and effects of Adult Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on the performance of workers: Results from the WHO World Mental Health Survey Initiative - journal article (Occupational and Environmental Medicine)

►May 2008 - Disorders of a modern lifestyle-reconciling the epidemiology of inflammatory bowel diseases - journal article (Gut)

►May 2008 - Focus on Natural Killer Cells - Five specially commissioned articles focus on the differentiation, responsiveness and biological roles of natural killer cells. The focus is available free to registrants for six months. - Nature Immunology

►April 21, 2008 - Plant-derived natural product research aimed at new drug discovery - journal article (Journal of Natural Medicines)

►April 20, 2008 - Control of the establishment of aversive memory by calcineurin and Zif268 - journal article (Nature Neuroscience)

* ►March 14, 2008 - Top 10 Evil Human Experiments - The List Universe

* ►February 15, 2008 - Macrophagic Myofasciitis in Children Is a Localized Reaction to Vaccination - journal article (Journal of Child Neurology) - "We believe that macrophagic myofasciitis represents a localized histological hallmark of previous immunization with the aluminum hydroxide adjuvants contained in vaccines, rather than a primary or distinct inflammatory muscle disease."

* ►January 21, 2008 - Nutritional therapies for mental disorders - journal article (Nutrition Journal)

* ►September 2007 - Genetic Variation in the Response to Vaccination (full text) - journal article (Community Genetics)

►2007 - Effects of HBOT on inflammatory markers and inflammation in autism. - Dan Rossignol M.D. (pdf) - Autism One

►December 2006 - Mitochondrial neuro-gastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome (full text) - journal article (Indian Journal of Pediatrics)

►May 1, 2004 - Polio: the virus and the vaccine - There is a rarely mentioned epidemic raging in the world today, one that is crippling children in more than 100 countries. In extreme cases the disease starts with a fever, which is followed by vomiting, delirium and spreading pain. Within days of being infected, the motor-neurone cells in victims’ spines cease to function properly. Pain intensifies as victims’ limbs are paralysed. In the very worst cases, their chests are also paralysed, which prevents them from breathing. Even when the children recover, the illness often returns in later life. Health authorities say it has no cure. The number of cases increased by over 250 per cent worldwide between 1996 and 2003 1. It is a disease with a long history and many names. The condition’s official name now is ‘Acute Flaccid Paralysis’ but it was once known as ‘infantile paralysis’/ ‘poliomyelitis’ (polio for short). Some people called it ‘the crippler’. A shot in the dark Polio is a devastating disease; the preferred method for fighting it is vaccination. Yet there is a mass of historic evidence that suggests it is not caused by a virus but by industrial and agricultural pollution. - The Ecologist

►August 29, 2001 - Study: Vaccines linked to seizures - AP via USA Today

►March 15, 2000 - Issues Surrounding Elaboration of a Codex Guideline for Vitamin and Mineral Supplements - U. S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

►Seizures, convulsions & vaccines - Whale.to

►SIDS and Seizures by Harris L. Coulter, PhD - Whale.to

►DDT Poisoning A New Syndrome With Neuropsychiatric Manifestations by Morton S. Biskind, M.D. and Irving Bieber, M.D. From American Journal Of Psychotherapy (1949) - Whale.to

►Mercury Exposure - Who put it in me? - www.mercuryexposure.org

►Shaken Baby Syndrome Falsely Accused Awareness - iPetitions.com

►Vaccine Risk & Your Child's Health Safety - blog

►HLA associated diseases and phenotypes - http://ccg.murdoch.edu.au

* ►David Kirby visits Dayton - DAFEAT - "David Kirby, the New York based investigative journalist and author of the NY Times Bestseller, 'Evidence of Harm, Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic, A Medical Controversy,' will visit Dayton June 13-14 to discuss recent developments in the vaccine-autism debate in the United States."

* ►June 2, 2008 - Six die from human immunoglobulin in east China - Xinhua via China Daily - "The victims died after being injected with the immunolobulin from May 22 to 28 at the No. 2 Hospital Affiliated with Nanchang University, according to the provincial food and drug administration."

* ►June 2, 2008 - Babies at risk in whooping cough outbreak - The Northern Star, Australia - "Ms Wearne said the child diagnosed with whooping cough was immunised against the disease, which highlighted that immunisation was not 100 per cent effective."

►June 2, 2008 - Another 15-day delay in state’s JE vaccination drive - Lucknow Newsline

►June 2, 2008 - City still on national polio map, govt hopes this will be last year - Remaining Pulse Polio rounds will be divided between p1 and p3 vaccines, target to eradicate deadlier p1 strain - Expressindia.com

►June 2, 2008 - Sick but silent - In Kenya, many health workers suffering from TB or HIV/Aids would rather die in silence than share the news of their sickness with fellow employees, writes Francis Ayieko - The East African Magazine

►June 2, 2008 - Protein Plays Key Role In Transmitting Deadly Malaria Parasite To Humans - University of South Florida Health via ScienceDaily

* ►June 2, 2008 - Hope of tumour vaccine from disease-free Cedric - Researchers believe it may be possible eventually to vaccinate Tasmanian devils from the deadly facial tumour disease. - www.abc.net.au

* ►June 1, 2008 - Injurious Inoculation - Is Vaccination Behind Children´s Declining Health? - American Chronicle - "Remarkable controversy exists on the safety and efficacy of vaccinations in the United States. Research supporting vaccine safety is scant yet crucial to the well being of every American citizen. Every day, parents are coerced, cajoled, and even bullied at gunpoint into vaccinating their children. Parents who make conscious choices not to vaccinate after weighing the risk benefit ratio of vaccinations are sometimes turned over to Child Protective Services for so-called child endangerment. But who is really endangering the children?"

* ►June 1, 2008 - Parent Protest Links Autism To Vaccines - KOIN.com - "Miriam Mason is one of the local parents who'll join with thousands of others in our nation's capitol. They're there to represent the millions of American families who have children with autism... and many others who are concerned about the growing use - and potentially damaging effect - of vaccines on our children. The parents will be part of a giant 'Green Our Vaccines' rally in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday. Miriam will bring her nine-year-old son Owen, and the story of how she's convinced that what was in his early childhood vaccines caused his autism."

* ►June 1, 2008 - AAP and ASA Weigh In On Autism and Vaccines - Age of Autism

* ►June 1, 2008 - A risk to vaccinate? - Some parents are asking that as concerns are raised over links with autism - The Herald - "It used to be uncommon for a parent to refuse vaccinations, intended to protect children and adults from coming down with nearly eradicated diseases such as measles, mumps, whooping cough and others. But in the last two months, Rock Hill area pediatricians said they've seen an abrupt increase in the number of parents who are either declining to have vaccinations given to their children or asking for a change in the schedule to eliminate or delay some shots."

* ►June 1, 2008 - The experts weigh in ... - The Herald - "Dr. Jennifer Shu American Academy of Pediatrics What is the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation on vaccines? The recommendation is to keep with the current schedule from the Centers for Disease Control. Do vaccines cause autism?  There is no research that proves autism spectrum disorder is caused by vaccinating children. There have always been theories, but no scientific proof. No studies show that the delay or omission of vaccines affect autism."

►June 1, 2008 - Autism Workshop (includes video) - KULR-8 Television, Billings - "Dr. Rick Solomon says reaching autistic kids at an early age is critical to their development."

►June 1, 2008 - Faith in a nonverbal world - Autistic youth has a traditional bar mitzvah using nontraditional technology (requires registration) - Boston Globe

►June 1, 2008 - Scozzafava to host forum on autism Thursday - Watertown Daily Times

* ►June 1, 2008 - Parents take bigger role in autism research - Daylong Conference Focuses on Disorder (requires registration) - San Jose Mercury News - "Feinstein, who is co-director of the Stanford Autism Group - physicians, geneticists, neuroscientists, cell biologists and bioengineers - said there is important research and medical work on autism at Stanford and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital that is not well known."

►June 1, 2008 - What happens when push comes to love - The News-Times

►June 1, 2008 - Schools like Morningside Elementary walk fine line on where to place autistic students - TCPalm.com

►June 1, 2008 - Poop Page by Harry Hofherr - Age of Autism

►June 1, 2008 - Norms and Deviations: Who’s to Say? - opinion - (requires registration) - The New York Times

►June 1, 2008 - Medicinal mercury in Medieval bones - spectroscopyNow.com

►June 1, 2008 - Economy battles environment in debate on new cement plant - StarNewsOnline.com

* ►June 1, 2008 - HPV vaccine drive faces new challenge - Halton Catholic board motion revives debate - TorStar News Service via Metro - "Providing the HPV vaccine to Grade 8 girls in its schools sends a 'contradictory' message to Catholic students and should end, says a motion before Halton’s Catholic board from its vice-chair."

* ►June 1, 2008 - Extend HPV vaccine says medical - 59 per cent of Durham Grade 8 girls vaccinated - Newsdurhamregion.com - "In Ontario, the government introduced a voluntary vaccination program for Grade 8 girls in September and allocated funds for an 85 per cent uptake rate. However, the actual rate for the first dose of the vaccine has been 53 per cent. As a result, the Grey Bruce Health Unit is calling on the government to use the remaining money to vaccinate other high-risk populations. Though not defined in its motion, it could include female youth in the care of a children’s aid society, in the custody of a detention facility, in transitional housing, those residing in shelters during their qualification time and those whose parents wouldn’t let them get the vaccine..."

►June 1, 2008 - How effective is cervical cancer vaccination - AFRIK.com

►June 1, 2008 - Recent upsurge in measles puts unvaccinated people at risk, warns ECDC - European Public Health Alliance

* ►June 1, 2008 - Biotech expert: Genetically engineered, tobacco can save lives - Jerusalem Post - "Instead of killing people, tobacco plants are being used to mass-produce cheaper vaccines that will better protect against hepatitis B and cervical cancer, halt gastroenterological norovirus infections and - in the future - even improve the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other cancers, as well as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease."

* ►June 1, 2008 - Dingell blasts FDA head over funding - Medical Marketing and Media - "FDA commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach was directed to 'stop the buzzwords and toe-dancing' during intense, aggressive questioning by House Energy and Commerce chairman John D. Dingell (D-MI) at an acrimonious Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the agency's inability to prevent the entry of contaminated products."

* ►June 1, 2008 - Huge FDA changes in Globalization Act of '08 - Medical Marketing and Media

* ►June 1, 2008 - Lilly To Minnesota Cancer Doctors: No Free Yogurt For You! - Dow Jones via CNNMoney - "At this year's ASCO, doctors were lining up 15 deep to get a taste of frozen yogurt offered by Indianapolis drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY), enjoying a break from the information overload of clinical trial presentations. But like a convenience-store warning against underage cigarette purchases, the Lilly booth had a sign that meant no yogurt for some doctors. The sign said Lilly wouldn't provide food, beverages or meals to doctors from Minnesota "in order to comply with Minnesota statutes," or to government employees from New York, in order to comply with laws there."

►June 1, 2008 - Free pneumococcal vaccine for babies - TVNZ

►June 1, 2008 - Should patient who has had shingles get Zostavax vaccine? - Orlando Sentinel

►June 1, 2008 - Program aims to vaccinate a million Afghanistan children - CBC - "The United Nations children's agency and the World Health Organization have begun a three-day campaign to vaccinate more than a million children against polio in southern Afghanistan."

* ►June 1, 2008 - Study shows hybrids of bird flu and human flu viruses fit well, could occur - Canadian Press via Google - "An experiment mating H5N1 avian flu viruses and a strain of human flu in a laboratory produced a surprising number of hybrid viruses that were biologically fit, a new study reveals....'This study is just showing exactly that: There is a risk this virus can successfully reassort with a human virus,' said Richard Webby, director of the World Health Organization's collaborating centre for influenza research at St. Jude Hospital in Memphis, Tenn."

* ►June 1, 2008 - Commentary: Pandemic flu vaccine program needs help - Federal Times

►June 1, 2008 - Two lots of baby formula recalled: FDA - Canwest News Service via Canada.com

* ►June 1, 2008 - Polio-afflicted girls kept in dingy room for 4 yrs - Newindpress

►June 1, 2008 - Indias Medical Tourism Destination Emergency - Pakistan Daily

* ►June 1, 2008 - Pathogens & People: Flesh-eating bacteria one tough cookie - The Capital via HometownAnnapolis.com

►June 1, 2008 - Penn State Hershey Transplant Program Uses Assay to Monitor Cell-Mediated Immunity - Improvement Noted in Management of Transplant Recipients with Cancer - press release - Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center via The Earth Times

►June 1, 2008 - Cell-Mediated Immunity and Anti-HLA Antibody Tests Provide Insight to Immune Response in Renal Transplant Patients - The ImmuKnow(R) and anti-HLA antibody assays both contribute to characterization of renal transplant patients being weaned off immunosuppression - press release - Cylex, Incorporated via PRNewswire via The Earth Times

►June 1, 2008 - Forever man on a trip by drip - From IV therapy to a demading diet, Dr. Terry Grossman claims he has the means to no end. - Denver Post

►June 1, 2008 - A matter of instinct - The National Newspaper - “Because someone is in a white coat, and using big medical instruments, doesn’t necessarily mean they’re right. You must follow your intuition and if you have any doubt go back again. ”

* ►May 31, 2008 - Big Pharma's buddies - In throwing out a $26.1 million verdict, Houston appellate court usurps role of trial judge and jury - editorial - Houston Chronicle - "In announcing an appeal in the Ernst case, attorney Lanier stated, 'activist judges are protecting corporate executives and stripping away the rights of widows and every other victim of corporate misconduct. This decision was handed down by a group of judges who regularly accept campaign contributions from law firms representing corporations that appear in their courts....Rather than encouraging Merck to do what's right, the 14th Court's decision in the case risks emboldening the company to rely on judicial friends in high places to overrule juries and send widows home empty-handed."

* ►May 31, 2008 - Vaccine Lauded In Rotavirus Decline - Tampa Tribune - "The CDC, The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians recommend that parents have their infants immunized against rotavirus. So do many Tampa Bay area pediatricians. 'We love the vaccine,' said longtime Tampa pediatrician Earl Smith, though he cautions that it's not a sure-fire preventive for rotavirus. 'We have had kids who had three vaccines come down with it.' Smith has even had a case of intussusception in a child who was vaccinated, though he is unsure whether the condition was related. 'We keep our ears perked,' he said."

* ►May 31, 2008 - Gardasil Vaccine Warning - News Anchor Mom Blog - "At the Autism One Conference a couple moms talked to me about the Gardasil vaccine to prevent HPV. They were concerned about the side effects."

►May 31, 2008 - Vietnamese agency to test bird flu vaccine among humans - Vietnam's National Hygiene and Epidemiology Institute is testing its bird flu vaccine on 30 volunteers. The locally made vaccine has initially shown its effectiveness and safety. - Mathaba.Net

►May 31, 2008 - Berks County prepares for flu epidemic - It’s inevitable, one county official says, adding that readiness will prevent a worst-case scenario. - Reading Eagle

►May 31, 2008 - Guest Commentary: CFLs: Substituting one environmental problem for another? - Jefferson County Journal

►May 31, 2008 - Mobile Immunization Program to reach children in Scioto County - Herald-Dispatch.com

* ►May 31, 2008 - Underlying questions fester after boy's class dismissal - Palm Beach Post - "There is no middle ground for Gwendolyn, 81, who asked that her last name not be used because she has an autistic great-grandson in St. Lucie County schools. She said she has seen her great-grandson, 11, bounced through five schools and heard from multiple staff members that he 'scares them.' She said the boy, who is large for his age and cannot speak, gets frustrated when he is not understood, but would never hurt someone. 'These children are treated like lepers,' she said."

►May 31, 2008 - Researcher IDs Area of Brain Linked to Autism - Charleston Daily Mail via Newsday via RedOrbit

►May 31, 2008 - Mental-health parity is needed - The Arizona Republic - "On March 17, our state Legislature passed a bill preventing insurance companies from discriminating against autism. Since April 28, a bill that would prevent insurance companies from discriminating against mental illness has been stalled and left to die in the Senate appropriations committee."

►May 31, 2008 - Measles vaccinations strongly encouraged for those traveling out of the country - Greeley Tribune

►May 30, 2008 - Yale's National Risk and Culture Study tells us more of what we already knew about how manipulation works - Sign of the Times Blog

* ►May 30, 2008 - Woman Lives Full Life in Iron Lung - Martha Mason Has Lived in Iron Lung for 60 Years; 'Appalled' at Death of Tennessee Woman - ABC News

►May 30, 2008 - Study Says Vaccine Reverses Diabetes in Mice - MedIndia

►May 30, 2008 - Employee at Papa Romano's confirmed to have Hepatitis A - The Detroit News